Baked Apple Cinnamon Oat Bars

These Baked Apple Cinnamon Oat Bars are amazing — they taste like apple crisp! You won’t even know they’re “healthy”.

Baked Apple Cinnamon Oat Bars

Ingredients:

Dry:

1.5 C whole wheat pastry flour

1 and 1/3 C oats

1/3 C walnuts

1/4 C ground flaxseed

1/4 C raisins

1/2 C brown sugar

1 Tbsp cinnamon

Wet:

2 apples, chopped

1/2 C unsweetened applesauce

1 C milk (or non-dairy substitute)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350. In two separate bowls, mix dry and wet ingredients.

Add wet ingredients to dry, stirring until mixed. Add mixture to a non-stick or sprayed baking pan (mine was 7 x 11, but use whatever you like). Don’t forget to add a sprinkle of raw oats on top to make it look pretty!

These look great and with apple season coming soon, I can’t wait to make them. Do you recommend peeling the apples or leaving the peel on? I love the peel, but I’m not sure if it makes a difference in terms of baking.

Hi! I am a long-time reader (first time commenter!). I just made these and they are AMAZING! I went apple picking last weekend and had more apples than I knew what to do with so I went on a recipe hunt and these looked like a great option. I’m always looking for snack sized treats to grab on the go or eat quickly before runs and I love your recipes. These are awesome – so dense, delicious and filling! Thanks!

My family loves these and the kids don’t notice all of the great things inside! One question – any thought to putting in a leavening agent such as baking powder – why or why not? I was thinking it might make them a bit crispier.